Lifting productivity and reducing the dairy sector's environmental footprint is the focus of a new multi-partner initiative.

Prestigious awards recognise excellence in Māori farming as well as up-and-coming young farmers. In 2027 it’s dairy’s turn for the honours.

Regularly reviewing your budget throughout the season can help to ease cashflow pressure and keep options open when conditions change.

Taranaki dairy manager Miriam Lauridsen says learning to question feed costs and pasture decisions through a Dairy Training course has improved both her confidence and on-farm decision-making.

Further research into extended lactation systems and mating strategies aims to give dairy farmers more options to increase the proportion of calves suited to beef production.

DairyNZ modelling shows a Very Strong El Niño could push farm working expenses to $6.78/kgMS and the national breakeven milk price to $9.07/kgMS, as farmers are urged to prepare for tighter margins and potential feed shortages.

DairyNZ is inviting applications for its Māori Internship programme, offering rangatahi Māori the chance to gain paid, hands-on experience and explore meaningful careers in New Zealand's dairy sector.

To understand the cost of marginal milk – the milksolids produced from extra supplementary feed – Northland Dairy Development Trust led a multi-year trial, supported by DairyNZ and other partners.

Herd-owning sharemilkers Tania and Johno Burrows know that building a more valuable farm system starts with getting the fundamentals right and improving the genetics of their herd with tools that help make the right decisions.

DairyNZ Chair, Tracy Brown talks about how the Government's latest resource management reforms are a welcome step towards a system that is simpler, more practical and better aligned with life on farm.

Updated analysis by Sense Partners confirms the dairy sector remains New Zealand’s largest export earner, directly provides more than 51,000 jobs across the country, and is a major purchaser of output from a large number of other sectors.